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Resources for the Resistance: 16 must-reads on queer, anti-racist pedagogy

February 18, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: I list sixteen PDFs on different topics including pedagogy, Why We Teach as a Practice of Freedom, Teaching to Transgress in Real Life and the Pedagogy of Lesbian Feminism.

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February 18, 2022 /Allison Harbin
Lesbian Feminism, Radical Academia, White-Privilige, Academic Exploitation, Audre Lorde, Sara Ahmed, Feminist Killjoy, uses of the erotic, social justice in education
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All About Love, Knowledge, and Writing: Why Academia Needs Lesbian Feminism

February 14, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: I talk about career transitions from academia to beyond and having to realign your identity, values, and process.

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February 14, 2022 /Allison Harbin
Lesbian Feminism, Radical Academia, White-Privilege, Academic Exploitation, Audre Lorde, Sara Ahmed, Feminist Killjoy, uses of the erotic, social justice in education
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The Radical Pragmatism of the Subversive Intellectual

February 04, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: Activist pragmatism, the undercommons, and the task of the subversive intellectual today. I talk about scholars featured in the upcoming "resources for the resistance" post.

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February 04, 2022 /Allison Harbin
Subversive Intellectual, Undercommons, Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, academic activism, re-imagine the university, Black thought, CRT, radical academic
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Readings on the Neoliberal University & Why We Must Support Graduate Students.

December 17, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: A brief annotated bibliography featuring my receipts for the January 2022 essay "What is the Subversive Intellectual," recommendations, and further reading.

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December 17, 2021 /Allison Harbin
Neoliberal University, Graduate Students, How to Fix the Adjunct Crisis, Moten, Fred, and Stefano Harney, Lorde, Audre, and Bousquet Marc
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Winter 'Seminar' on the Subversive Intellectual: Foundational Resources, Guided Discussions, and Live Discourse

December 10, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: An introduction to Post-PhD's new resources and community dialog and how to engage with our discourse.

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December 10, 2021 /Allison Harbin
Neoliberal University, Graduate Students, How to Fix the Adjunct Crisis, Moten, Fred, and Stefano Harney, Lorde, Audre, and Bousquet Marc.
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Research: The Structural Realities of The Neoliberal University

December 06, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: A growing list of peer-reviewed essays, books, and articles addressing neoliberal policy in higher education driven by the need to know how the university got here.

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December 06, 2021 /Allison Harbin
Neoliberal University, Graduate Students, How to Fix the Adjunct Crisis, Marc Bousquet, Henry Giroux, Paulo Fiere, Wendy Brown, and Casey Brienza
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Letters to a Young Scholar: A Bill of Rights for Early Graduate Students

December 03, 2021 by Allison Harbin in How to Leave Academia, Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: As Fred Moten and Stefano Harney make clear: the only ethical relationship to the university today is a criminal one.

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December 03, 2021 /Allison Harbin
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Gay Art History

September 15, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: I talk about the revelatory impact of Bell hooks' Teaching to Transgress and how it taught me how to be a fully engaged educator.

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September 15, 2021 /Allison Harbin
equity in higher education, queer students, gay students, LGBTQ+ issues in education, LGBTQ+ curriculum, art history, systemic racism in education, Black lives matter, Black students matter, educational equity, decolonize your classroom, teaching as activism, education activism
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The Venn Diagram of White Privilege and Academics: How We Hate Women

March 19, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: Society tends to hate women, and the maddening experience of being victim-blamed, being gaslit, and having your experiences trivialized.

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March 19, 2021 /Allison Harbin
equity in higher education, queer students, gay students, LGBTQ+ issues in education, LGBTQ+ curriculum, art history, systemic racism in education, Black lives matter, Black students matter, educational equity, decolonize your classroom, teaching as activism, education activism
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On Decolonizing My Classroom & Leaving Academia to Do It

January 13, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: What is culturally responsive pedagogy? How do you decolonize the classroom? On the importance of refined critical thinking skills.

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January 13, 2021 /Allison Harbin
equity in higher education, racist academia, systemic racism in education, Black lives matter, Black students matter, educational equity, decolonize your classroom, teaching as activism, education activism
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